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This section provides links to current wildlife health information and resources using a number of different categories and areas of interest. News, resources and information focus on Australia but also include information from overseas. We hope this assists everyone finding out more about wildlife health topics of interest.

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Department of the Environment and Energy; Australian Government

Threatened Species Commissioners message:
".....This report to Minister for the Environment and Energy, the Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, captures the progress made during year one of implementing this ambitious plan. The journey has been rewarding, difficult and full of learning, but overwhelmingly positive......." Click here>> to access the report

Web-based reporting tool; Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN)

Wildlife Health Tracker is a research project to develop and pilot a web-based reporting tool that aims to enhance wildlife disease surveillance in Ontario. This web-based reporting tool may enable us to fill important gaps in our disease surveillance activities and will provide us with more information about morbidity and mortality events in Ontario wildlife populations.Click here>> to visit the website

Intensive Short Course; University of Queensland

The course will introduce students to the concepts of One health and emphasise an evidence based approach of applying a One health approach to infectious diseases surveillance, control and health systems through a trans-disciplinary framework with special emphasis on human and animal public health and services. The course work will be illustrated with examples, case studies, good practices, and lessons learned from field experience.
Click here>>for more course information

NSW

In September 2016, tularaemia was detected for the first time in Australian animals, following Next Generation molecular analysis of archived samples, collected from two separate clusters of common ringtail possum deaths that had occurred in NSW in 2002 and 2003. Findings of F. t. holarctica were confirmed by PCR and were found to be genomically very similar to that found in the 2011 Australian human cases. For more information see the following links:

Cornell University; USA

"Cornell University offers a Master of Public Health (MPH) program that creates public health leaders who are inspired, developed, and trained to ensure the health of people, animals, and the world in which we live."

University of Birmingham

A condition first described in New Zealand by Castro and Taylor (2001) was called an “oral fistula” in which the skin and muscle of the lower mandible were missing in some birds; the tongue was protruding through the opening and it was often outside the mouth cavity permanently.
It is suspected that there are many more birds living with this condition than have already been detected.
If you have seen this condition in birds that you have handled, ringed/banded, observed and/or photographed, the University of Birmingham is very keen to hear from you.
Click here>> for more information.

Online course; University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine

Manatee Health and Conservation is an online course (3 credits) that will provide students (upper level undergraduate and graduate) and professionals (with an AA or higher degree) with a detailed overview of manatee natural history, health assessment, and research findings as well as explore conservation issues.
Click here >>for more information about the class or enrollment

Department of Environment; Australian Government

This Wildlife Conservation Plan for Migratory Shorebirds outlines national activities to support migratory shorebird conservation initiatives and provides a strategic framework to ensure these activities plus future research and management actions are integrated and remain focused on the long-term survival of migratory shorebird populations and their habitats.
For more information, visit the Department of Environment website here >>

Update

Zika virus is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes. It first appeared in 1947 in Africa, originating from non human primates. In humans it has caused sporadic disease in tropical areas inhabited by the mosquito vector (Aedes aegypti). In recent times, outbreaks of the disease have been seen in the Pacific and now in Brazil and other countries of South America. In humans, most infections are asymptomatic but around 20% of people may develop mild and short lived clinical signs. Recently Zika virus infection in humans has been linked to auto-immune disease and microcephaly in babies. Only a handful of imported cases have been reported in humans in Australia, although the vector mosquito occurs in parts of Queensland. There is no evidence that Australian wildlife are involved in the epidemiology of Zika virus. For more information see the following links: